Naga Panchami is a traditional festival, on this day worship of snakes observed by Hindus throughout India. Panchami is the fifth day among the fifteen days of the moon's waxing and/or waning. This special day of the snake worship always falls on the fifth day of the Hindu month of Shravan (July/August). (This year nagpanchmi is on 15th August 2018). Hence this is called Naga Panchami. On the Nag Panchami day, cobras(Naga), and snakes are worshipped with milk, sweets, flowers, wheat flour and jaggery lamps(कणकेचे दिवे), Wheat Kheer(गव्हाची खीर) and this puranache dind(पुरणाचे दिंड). In villages, the anthills(वारुळ) where the snakes are thought to reside, are searched. Incense is offered to the anthill as prayer along with milk (a traditional story of folklore to feed milk to the snakes) to ensnare snakes to come out of the anthill. After this, milk is poured into the hole in the anthill as a libation to the snake god. Gavhachi kheer is a traditional, authentic Maharashtrian delicacy, mainly prepares on the occasion of Nag Panchami. It is prepared from cracked wheat and to make it sweet, I have used jaggery. Preparing it in instant pot is really a very easy and simple task. You have to pour all the ingredients into the pot, close the lid and cook for 10 minutes, that is it. This is healthy as it contains lots of nutrients like fiber and Iron. Cracked wheat fits well in a low-fat diet. Here, I have used cracked wheat to prepare this kheer, you can use whole wheat if you have it. But I find it is a time-consuming process, so instead of whole wheat, I have used broken wheat. Let's start with the procedure.
Course : Dessert
Cuisine : Indian, Maharashtrian.
Prep Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Total Time: 25 Minutes.
Servings: 4
Each Serving Contains 210 Calories.YouTube Video:

Ingredients :

Cracked wheat ¼ cup

Milk 1 ½ cup

Jaggery(Brown Sugar) 1/4 cup

Cashews, chopped 1 tbsp

Almonds, chopped 1 tbsp

Pistachios, chopped 1 tbsp

Charoli / Chironji 1 tbsp

Cardamom powder 1 Tsp

Ghee 2 Tsp

Saffron few strands + warm water 2 tbsp

Water 1 cup(hot water)

Instructions :

Turn on the instant pot to saute mode, once hot add ghee to the pot and add cracked wheat, almonds, cashews, pistachios to the pot.

While continuously stirring, allow the cracked wheat to roast until you can smell it is fragrant and it turns a golden brown color.

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